An advantage of YACs over other vectors in cloning human genes is that they ____.
A) are taken up more readily by recipient cells
B) have a higher capacity for carrying long DNA fragments
C) are less likely to trigger cell rejection
D) resemble a human chromosome more closely than do other vectors
E) carry long regions of human-like DNA

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YACs, or yeast artificial chromosomes, have a higher capacity for carrying long DNA fragments, up to several hundred kilobases in size. This makes them useful for cloning larger human genes or even entire gene clusters.

An Advantage of YACs Over Other Vectors in Cloning Human